For anyone fed up with the crap Irish versions of the old Ealing movies (Runway, Closer you get) here's the real deal. Set in Dublin it's about a Customs worker who goes off work and sits outside TCD waiting for a traffic accident so he can get a reward and buy a tropical island! Lots of good scenes in St Stephen's Green and along the Liffey. Some good street footage of 1940's Dublin too. The film is no classic (Crichton was no Robert Hamer) and there are too many repetitive shots of statues. But there is a lot of interest for fans of Irish cinema here. For example, there's an old tramp with a small dog. This was 30 years before David Kelly's similar character in Strumpet city. Even these second-rate Ealing films are better than most of our Film Board's stuff!
Title: Another shore
Genre: Ealing comedy
New/old: Old
Cinema/DVD: DVD
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